Terms & Conditions

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Access to and use of the content on web site www.ctgoodjobs.hk
("Web Site") are provided by Career Times Online Limited ("Company") and
are subject to the following terms and conditions. You agree that the use
of the Web Site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions,
which take effect on the date when you first use the Web Site. The Company
reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by
posting the changes online and you are advised to visit this page
periodically to review the terms and conditions since they apply to
you. Your continued use of the Web Site after the changes are posted
constitutes acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted
changes. The terms "you", "user" and "users" herein refer to all
individuals and/or entities accessing and/or using the Web Site at
any time for any reason or any purpose.

1.

Web Site Use

1.1

The user agrees to use the Web Site only for
lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the
rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the
Web Site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition
includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful or which
may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person,
and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption
of normal flow of dialogue within the Web Site.

1.2

The user shall not use the Web Site to infringe the
intellectual property rights of others.

1.3

The user shall not use the Web Site to transmit, publish,
upload, post, circulate or store any material which is unlawful, harmful,
threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, libellous or is otherwise
offensive or objectionable.

1.4

The user shall not use any tool, software or programme or
act otherwise to disturb the normal operation of the server of the Web Site.

1.5

The user shall not purposefully or deliberately overload the system of the Web Site.

1.6

The user shall not transmit any computer virus or any damaging
programme to the Web Site and to its members.

1.7

Specific users - Job Seeker(s)

(a)

User(s) seeking employment on the Web Site ("Job Seeker(s)")
agree to keep their Login name and password with care and not to disclose them
to any other person. Job Seekers are solely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of and for any (authorised or unauthorised) use of the Login
name and password. The Job Seekers agree to notify the Company immediately of
any unauthorised use of the same.

(b)

Job Seekers shall not post any incomplete, false or inaccurate
resume information to the Web Site or the Company.

(c)

All information submitted by the Job Seekers to the Web Site must
be legal, decent, non-discriminatory and truthful. The Job Seekers are solely
responsible for the contents and material which they have submitted to the
Web Site or the Company.

(d)

Job Seekers shall not respond to any employment opportunity for
any reason other than to apply for the job advertised.

(e)

The resumes submitted by the Job Seekers are intended for the purpose
of providing relevant information to users or advertisers ("Employers") in seeking employees.

(f)

The personal data submitted by the Job Seekers will be used for the purpose
of assisting the Job Seekers to seek for appropriate employment with the Employers and
recruiter members of the Web Site or the Company. Job Seekers do disclose their personal data
to the Employers and/or recruiter member of the Web Site and the Company when they apply for
job vacancies or enable their personal resume to be stored in the resume database of the Company,
all of these are with the acknowledgement of the Job Seekers.

(g)

Any information submitted by the Job Seekers to the Web Site or the Company
shall be subject to the Privacy Policy Statement of the Company.

(h)

Job Seekers accept that the personal data or information given to the Employers
is given entirely at their own risk. The Company will not be responsible or liable in any case
if any Employer shall use the Job Seekers' personal data for any use other than for seeking employees.

(i)

Job Seekers may send their resume directly
to any Employer who advertises on or through the Web Site.
Alternatively Job Seekers may send their resume to
the Company through the Web Site in reply to any job advertisement.
In such an event and subject to legal requirements, the
Job Seekers' resumes will be retained on the Web Site
for a predetermined period notwithstanding the deactivation
of the service herein and, unless the Job Seeker requests
to erase or delete it. Thereafter it will be stored in
the Company's database at the Job Seeker's own risk.

(j)

Job Seeker may store his/her own resume
in the database of the Company, but not allow it to be
searchable by the Employers. In such an event, the Job Seeker
can use his/her own resume to apply for a job online,
but Employers and recruiters will not have access to
it through the database of the Company.

(k)

If the Job Seeker joins the "candidate match"
function and consents to disclose his/her resume to potential
employers, then all Employers and recruiters who place
their advertisement with the Company or who subscribe to
the service of the Company will have access to his/her
resume. The Company will not disclose the information
about the Job Seeker to those employers and recruiters who
cannot be identified. Personal data provided
by the Job Seeker will be used strictly in accordance
with the Company's Personal Information Collection Statement
and Privacy Policy Statement which you can view
at [Hyperlink with Privacy Notice].

(l)

The resume or personal data submitted by
the Job Seeker is intended for the purpose of providing relevant
information to the Employers in seeking employees.

(m)

The personal data submitted by the Job Seeker
will be used for the purpose of assisting the Job Seeker
to seek for appropriate employment with the Employers
and recruiter members of the Web Site or the Company.
Job Seekers disclose their personal data to the recruiter
member of the Web Site and the Company when they apply
for job vacancies or enable their personal resume to be
stored in the resume database of the Company, all of these
are with the acknowledgement of the Job Seekers.

(n)

Although the Company shall use its best
endeavours to grant access to the database only to the
Employers, hiring managers, headhunters, human resource
professionals and internal authorised personnel of the
Company, the Company does not warrant or guarantee that
other parties will not, without the Company's consent,
gain access to the database. Any Job Seeker may disable
viewing of his/her own resume by employers at any time.
However, the Job Seeker acknowledges that the Employers,
and other parties who have otherwise gained access to
the database, may have retained a copy of the Job Seeker's
resume in their own files or database. The Company is
not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of resumes
in these instances, or for the use or privacy of resumes
by any such parties while the resumes are in the database.

(o)

If the Job Seeker joins the "candidate
match" function but does not allow his/her resume to be
searchable by the Employers, the Company will send the
job details to the Job Seeker once there are job vacancies
which meet the Job Seeker's requirements. In such an event,
the resume of the Job Seeker will not be disclosed to
employers offering these job vacancies.

(p)

Job Seekers may send the job information
on the Web Site to someone they know who needs such information
in seeking employment but shall not use such information
for other purposes and shall not abuse this function.

(q)

Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance,
the Job Seeker is entitled to access his/her own personal
data (subject to prior confirmation of identity) kept
with the Company and he/she may edit or amend such personal
data at any time. Any request for access or correction
can be made by sending the request in writing to the Company.
Please refer to the Personal Information Collection Statement
and Privacy Policy Statement for details. Further or
alternatively, the Job Seeker (subject to prior confirmation
of identity) may directly edit or amend his/her personal
data at any time in the Web Site by himself/herself.

1.8

Specific Uses - Employer

(a)

Upon payment of the service fee to the Company
and/or upon other terms and conditions (if any) from time
to time prescribed by the Company, the Employers will
be entitled to use the Web Site to advertise job vacancies
for a specific period. Employers will be solely responsible
for the contents and materials contained in their advertisement.
The Company reserves the right to edit any advertisement
as it sees fit.

(b)

Subject to the conditions or requirements
as from time to time stipulated by the Company regarding
the access of the Job Seekers' information, the Employers
are entitled to access the Job Seekers' database maintained
by the Company but agree that all information will only
be used for the purpose of seeking potential employees
and such information shall not be disclosed to any other
parties without the prior consent of the Job Seeker concerned.

1.9

Specific Uses - Fresh Graduates

(a)

Users will be solely responsible for any
content of speeches, messages and attachments (if applicable)
they post to the "Open Forum" of the Web Site and any
consequences arising therefrom.

(b)

The theme of the articles, comments and/or
contents which the users post to the "Open Forum" of the
Web Site have to be in the nature of discussion, research or, expressing one's
opinion. Defamation, vulgar and obscene
language, are strictly
prohibited. The content of any article cannot be soliciting
goods and services, advertising or defamatory to others in
nature. The Company reserves the right to edit or remove
any material and content in "Open Forum" which are in
breach of these terms and the Company will not be responsible
for any loss or damage as a result thereof.

2.

Minors

If you are under the age of 18, or you are considered
as a minor or not being capable of assuming legal responsibility,
you are not allowed to use the Web Site if you might
incur any legal obligations or liabilities in doing
so. If you wish to view and access the Web Site, you
should seek advice from your parents or guardians as
to the meaning and consequences of these terms and conditions.
The Company presumes that every user of the Web Site
is of legal age. The Company is not obliged to verify
your age but in the event it is discovered that any
user of the Web Site is not of legal age, the Company
reserves the right as may be available against such
users, or the parents or guardians of such users, including
the right to terminate access to the Web Site.

3.

Warranties and Liability

3.1

The Web Site and the information provided
therein are provided on an "AS IS" basis without warranties
of any kind, express or implied, to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

3.2

The Company disclaims all warranties, whether
express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability,
availability of featured products or services, fitness
for particular purpose and non-infringement.

3.3

The Company makes no warranties about the
accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the
materials, contents or information on the Web Site.

3.4

The Company assumes no liability or responsibility
for any errors or omissions in the contents of the Web
site or for the deletion, misdelivery or failure to store
any user communications or personalisation settings.

3.5

The Company does not warrant that the Web
site is or will be at any time error-free, that the Web
site and its server is or will be at any time free of
computer viruses or other harmful mechanisms, that any
defects will be corrected, or that the operation of the
Web Site will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. If your
use of the Web Site, the merchandise or the materials
results in the need for servicing or replacing equipment
or data, the Company is not responsible for those costs.

3.6

All users use the Company's Web Site and
any other web sites accessed through it, at entirely their
own risk. All users are responsible for their own communications
and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness,
accuracy or reliability of any of the communications posted
by other users or endorse any opinions expressed by users.
Any reliance by users on materials posted by other users
will be at their own risk. The Company reserves the right
to expel any user and prevent their further access to
the Company's Web Site, at any time for breaching this
Agreement or violating the law and also reserves the right
to remove any message or material from the Web Site that,
in its sole discretion, the Company deems unacceptable,
abusive, illegal or disruptive.

3.7

The Company's Web Site may contain links
to third-party web sites. These are provided solely as
a convenience to the user and not in any way as an endorsement
by the Company of the contents on such third-party web sites.
If any user accesses any linked third-party web site,
they do so entirely at their own risk. The Company
is not responsible for the content of any third-party
web site linked to its web site and does not make any
representations or warranties regarding the contents or
accuracy of materials on such third-party web sites. Further,
any materials or details posted in the Company Web Site
by any user may be viewed by users of other web sites
linked to the Company's Web Site and the Company will
not be responsible for any improper use by any user or
third party from linked third-party web sites of any data
or materials posted on the Company's Web Site.

3.8

In no event shall the Company, or any third
parties mentioned on the Web Site assume responsibility
or be liable (to the extent permitted by law) for any
damages or injury whatsoever (including, without limitation,
incidental and consequential damages, lost profits, or
damages resulting from lost data or business interruption)
resulting from the use or inability to use the Web Site,
the merchandise and the materials, or any failure of performance,
error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay
in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication
line failure, interception of online communication, software
or hardware problems (including without limitation loss
of data or compatibility problems), theft, destruction
or alteration of the Web Site, whether for breach of contract,
illegal behaviour, negligence or, under any other cause
of action resulting directly or indirectly from any use
of the Web Site, or any uploading, downloading or publication
of data, text, image or other material or information
to or from the Web Site and whether or not the Company
is advised of the possibility of such damages.

4.

Indemnity

All users agree to indemnify, and hold
harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees
and agents from and against any claims, actions, demands,
losses or damages arising from or resulting from their
use of the Company's Web Site or their breach of the terms
of this Agreement. The Company shall provide prompt notice
of any such claim, suit or proceeding to the relevant
user.

5.

Dealings with Advertisers

Your correspondence or business dealings
with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found
on or through the Web Site, including payment and delivery
of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions,
warranties or representations associated with such dealings,
are solely between you and the advertiser. You agree that
the Company is not responsible or liable for any loss
or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such
dealings or as a result of the presence of the advertisers
on the Web Site.

6.

Dealings with Other Users

6.1

Although the Company uses its best endeavours
to provide an impartial job seeking and recruitment service,
and represents a medium supporting information exchanged
between the employers and employees, the Company will
not be involved in the dealings between the Job Seeker and
the Employer and the Company will not be responsible for
the quality, security and legitimacy of the recruitment
service.

6.2

The Company does not warrant or guarantee
the accuracy of the information and/or the resume provided
by the Job Seeker and of the recruitment advertisements
provided by the Employers.

6.3

The Company will not be responsible for whether
the Employers will be able to pay the relevant salary
or the Job Seeker will be competent to do the job.

6.4

Should any dispute arise between the Employers
and the Job Seekers, they should resolve this on their own
and the Company will not be responsible for any dispute.

7.

Termination

7.1

If any information provided by the user
is inaccurate, in breach of laws or contains indecent elements,
the Company will instantly abrogate the user's account
without notice and the company reserves the right to take
such action as the Company considers appropriate, desirable
or necessary including but not limited to taking legal action
against such user.

7.2

The Company reserves the right at all times
to immediately terminate or suspend user's account or
user's access to the Web Site or the services provided
by the Company without notice where the Company is of the
opinion that the user has breached any of the terms contained
in this agreement or to take further action as the Company
considers appropriate, desirable or necessary.

7.3

The Company reserves the final right and
absolute discretion to decide whether the user and/or
the Job Seekers and/or Employers have breached any terms
of this agreement.

8.

General

8.1

If any one or more of these Terms and Conditions,
or their application in any circumstance, is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason,
the validity, legality and enforceability of that term
or condition in any other respect and the remaining Terms
and Conditions shall not in any way be impaired.

8.2

No failure or delay on our part to exercise
any right or remedy under these terms and conditions is
to be construed or operate as a waiver, nor does any single
or partial exercise of any right or remedy by us preclude
the further exercise of that right or remedy by us.

8.3

We may assign at any time any or all of
the rights and obligations contained in these terms and
conditions to any party.

8.4

If there is any conflict between these
General Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific
terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific
material then the latter shall prevail.

8.5

These terms and conditions and any dispute
or matter arising from or incidental to your use of the
Company's Web Site shall be governed by the laws of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and both you and
the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the
courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.